My second Turntech 2.5 failed this afternoon. Same symptoms as the first failure... push the button and NOTHING. This time, the failure seems to be internal since the terminal posts are still solidly attached to the guts. I've had it. I'm willing to take the additional 3 pounds to gain reliability. It's a novel concept, but fail is fail.
Boy, just when I was looking into this. I am going to stick with the tried and true then. Price does not justify. Thanks for the input. Gary
I have not been able to keep up with the technical posts as of late, but yours is the first post regarding anything at all negative in nature I've seen. I would contact them before giving up, the owner seems pretty cool with the limited conversations I've had with him.
I do appreciate all the hard work everyone is doing on these batteries. Only way we all gain is from members doing R&R for us all. Was almost ready to jump on board for the 510... Maybe I'll just wait a bit longer.
Yeah, Joe is definitely cool and stands by his product. I may be the only one who's had this much bad luck... but 3 lbs. is not worth the grief to me. I'll go back to the original battery and quit eating Fritos at night. In two weeks, I'll be be down 4-5 lbs. for free.
http://www.cafehusky.com/forums/showthread.php?p=64689&highlight=battery#post64689 Rancher1 said yes.
I had this turntech battery in my '08 TE 450 and now it is in the 2010 TXC 250 with no issues at all. I am sorry to hear of your bad luck. All I can say is mine is working great.
I like the diet idea. If I could put down the barley pop at every night I could loose that poundage easy. I am week. On another note: I thought the FI bikes had to have a minimum juice to fire the ECU? Test...Will the bike fire with the batterie not even hooked up? Anyone try that yet? Ok, Gotta watch 4 weddings with the wife. However, I am going to try it when the rain stops.
No - at least that's my understanding but I haven't actually tried it. There is a 'battery free' conversion being investigated currently which consists of a capacitor type device designed to provide just enough voltage to power the ECU until the bike is running and the generator can take over. Not sure if/when this will be available though. Dave
The EFI system needs about 8 volts to run the pump and the ECU, which is not enough to run the starter too. So if your battery is too low for E start, it may have enough power for kick starting. The guys I talked that went to factory training were shown kick starting a bike with a "dead" battery, it was really a "low" battery. The owners manual has a statement say never run the bike without a battery. This effectively the same battery that has an open terminal or cell. This happen to me with a TurnTech battery which had the negitive terminal break inside. TurnTech said the found and corrected the issue that was causing this failure. Luckily I was riding with a friend on a KTM that loaned me his battery. I have designed and tested a small 2oz device that can used in place of the battery and allow you to kick start the bike. This is very handy if you battery fails and your in the middle of nowhere.
I'm a little disapointed in Husky's EFI effort. All the Japanese mx 450's have FI and none need a battery.
Yeah, the Jap EFI bikes don't need a battery. One of my favorite 'tween ride activities is sitting in my Coleman folding bag chair, watching people kick their Jap EFI 450's till they just about keel over. I watched a guy kick his CRF 450 for over 30 kicks to no avail. Finally, in disgust, he tossed the bike to the ground and sat down on the back bumper of his SUV gasping for air. It reminded me of my CRF 250 R days. It was funny in a sad sort of way.
I have seen that before. Totally decked out CRF and the little guy riding (well trying to start) it had one foot on a bike stand and kicking the thing to no avail. After he got tired another guy kicked also and still no work-y. I love the way my bike fires right away. Oh-da-pain. Sorry you had a couple of failures on yours Krieg.
has anyone tried an ebatt, i ran one for over a year and didnt have any problems, firmly mounting it is the only problem since its so small and only weighs 12oz
Yeah, I'm aware the crf's can be hard to start. But it can be done, without a battery. Suzuki's and Kawasaki's, to my knowledge don't have the same problems as the Honda's. But the point remains, they all don't have batteries, and they do start. I love Husky's. Heck, I've built a business around loving husky's, but take the battery out of a 2009 TE 450 and you can kick all year long and it won't start.
I have the TurnTech 5amp in my sm610. I was pretty quick to condemn the battery as it has never really had the power to crank. Eventually, I would get lights on, but little crank power. It turned out the auto decomp spring was done. Bike goes back together this week, and it has been sitting around in the cold while I waited for rings and cam bearings. This will be a good test.
